Snow Skiing in & Around Northwest PA

A seasoned executive with more than three decades of experience, primarily in the healthcare industry, Brian Derrick is especially adept in the areas of mergers and acquisitions, and business development. A resident of New Wilmington, Pennsylvania, he currently serves as a senior leader at the Hudson Companies, a real estate development and management company based in Hermitage, PA which owns and manages educational, medical, commercial, and institutional facilities, as well as multi-family residential properties, in Pennsylvania, Ohio, Texas, Tennessee, and Florida. Outside the office, Brian Derrick enjoys gardening and snow skiing.

Hermitage, Pennsylvania is situated near several popular snow skiing destinations. Hidden Valley Ski Resort, for example, is a four-season resort located in Hidden Valley, Pennsylvania, just a 2-hour drive to the southeast. It offers 26 slopes and trails for all skill levels, Family-oriented activities like snow tubing and lessons are also available, as well as therapeutic and couples’ massages. Summertime visitors to Hidden Valley can enjoy the 18-hole championship course.

Just an hour to the north of Hermitage is Mount Pleasant of Edinboro, in Edinboro, Pennsylvania. Among its ten skiing and snowboarding trails are two advanced trails, four intermediate and four beginner trails, and six of the trails are enhanced with machine-made snow. Mount Pleasant also operates a tube park at the same facility, an eight-lane slope with a dedicated tube tow to bring tubers back to the top for another ride.

A little more than an hour’s drive to the northwest of Hermitage is Alpine Valley, a ski resort in the Cleveland suburb of Chesterland, Ohio. A bit smaller than the other two resorts, Alpine Valley offers 7 trails for skiers and snowboarders, at all three skill levels, as well as four lifts to being skiers to the top of the trails. A tubing area is also available.

In response to Covid-19, these resorts observe various protocols for guest safety, such as social distancing, mask wearing, and buying passes and lift tickets online. Different resorts may observe different standards; visitors are encouraged to review individual resorts’ websites for a complete guide to those protocols.